Fessed

So finally Ulysses kind of fessed up, went up and said, I left you, ❋ ITY National Archives (2000)

So finally Ulysses kind of fessed up, went up and said, I left you, I shouldn't have, I'm sorry, but we need you, will you come? ❋ ITY National Archives (2000)

Page 24 room or to set at defiance College authority but on the contrary that he declined to recite when called on by Mr. Herrisse because he had not prepared the lesson and therefore as is common in all such cases — in the language of the students — "fessed" — using a slang phrase (very improperly) to signify the fact. ❋ David Lowry (1856)

I really wish I asked, "If the the entity you accused denied it at first and then" fessed "up so that the would avoid legal costs to fight in court." ❋ Unknown (2008)

Don't let's talk about them any more, Ross: I have 'fessed' all now. " ❋ Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (1878)

So I've nuver 'fessed' ligion to this day; I don't say this boastin '-- jist state the fact. " ❋ Unknown (1859)

Since at least two these guys have ‘fessed up that they simply chose to be elsewhere, they can’t pretend they were shut out or excluded. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The thief fessed up and the cops were waiting at the dock. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mackay never fessed up to his own extraordinary delusion. ❋ Jason Zweig (2011)

I once fessed up to Duke about my dislike for the Dodgers as a kid. ❋ Len Berman (2011)

As they don't turn their tables, they'll ask for a credit-card guarantee when taking your reservation, but front of house Ian Bruce made no fuss when I fessed up to having booked for one too many diners. ❋ Paul Levy (2010)

Her co-star Robert Downey, Jr. fessed up to reporters that he had accidentally snapped her ulna during a particularly emotional scene. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I could not see someone trusting them even after they fessed up. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In any event, should he have 'fessed up and taken his media hit and the ensuing embarrassment like a man? ❋ Michael Russnow (2011)

(This is all so odd, because I think he didn't need to steal it -- he would have won, though with fewer votes, if he'd 'fessed up to the relationship.) ❋ Unknown (2009)

"A couple months have gone by and he hasn't 'fessed up to it," executive producer Julie Plec says. ❋ Unknown (2011)